The Lite version of our speech therapy app, Speech Cards, has been approved by Apple! Speech Cards Lite will be available for download on Thursday, November 8, 2012, for FREE. An in-app-purchase will be available to upgrade to the features of Speech Cards Professional.

Speech Cards Lite comes with 1 deck (Animals) and 10 cards. It has the ability to create 1 additional deck, and can save scores for 1 student.

There is a screen rotation issue in Speech Cards Professional on iPads running iOS 6. A fix has been submitted to Apple. Hopefully, the update will be available for download by next weekend. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

Speech Cards Professional version 1.0.1 is now available for download! This update includes includes the following two changes:

Fixed issues caused by apostrophes in the deck name, card text, student name and session notes.

Fixed issue with selecting/unselecting decks when there are 17 or more decks.

Speech Cards is a customizable app for teaching speech and language skills. You can use Speech Cards in many different ways, including communication photo book, articulation cards, first words, category words, reading, sight words, literacy, social stories, encourage use of spoken language/communication skills and learning a second language.

An update to Speech Cards Professional is coming soon! The update is currently waiting for review by Apple and will be released as soon as it is approved (hopefully this weekend). The version 1.0.1 update includes the following:

Fixed issues caused by apostrophes in the deck name, card text, student name and session notes.

Fixed issue with selecting/unselecting decks when there are 17 or more decks.

We also developed a Lite edition of Speech Cards for you to try. In Speech Cards Lite, you will get 1 deck, 10 cards, the ability to create 1 additional deck, and support for 1 student. Speech Cards Lite will be FREE. An upgrade to the features of Speech Cards Professional will be available for purchase within the app for $4.99. Speech Cards Lite will be available shortly after the update to the Pro version is released.

We are excited to announce our latest upcoming app, SpeechCards. SpeechChards is a flashcards app designed for improving speech and language skills. This app features customizable categories, text, images and audio. Practice speaking using the microphone and then listen to your own voice. Scoring and reporting are included to track the progress of your students. Share your creations with friends and colleagues.

SpeechCards will be available for the iPad. We will offer three versions of SpeechCards: “Lite”, “Pro” and “Ultimate”. We are planning to release SpeechCards “Pro” by mid-September. “Lite” and “Ultimate” versions will follow.

Click here to read more about the features and see screenshots of SpeechCards.

Yesterday Apple released iOS 5, the latest version of the operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. There are many new features in iOS 5. Below are some of the new features:

Notifications
– Notifications for new mail messages, tweets, etc can appear on the “lock” screen.

Data Synchronization
– The data (music, video, photos, apps) can be synchronized across all your devices using iCloud or Wifi.
– For example, you can download an app on your iPad and it will automatically be downloaded to your iPhone.
– A benefit of iCloud is that future iOS upgrades shouldn’t be as painful because you will not need to connect the device to a PC or Mac.
– I will be writing an article about iCloud and how to enable it later.

Twitter Integration
– Twitter is now included with iOS 5.
– May be beneficial if you use Twitter a lot.

Camera
– The camera is now accessible from the “lock” screen. You no longer need to “unlock” and then press “camera”. May be useful if you need to quickly take a photo.
– The volume button can be used to take a photo.

Safari Web Browser
– The tabs look the same as the tabs in Safari on the Mac.

Reminders
– Based on your location, it can pop-up a reminder of what you need to do. For example, if you leave school, it can remind you to buy milk.
– This could be a really cool feature on the iPhone 4S with the Siri speech technology.